Helt’s Turf Farms is a family-owned and operated sod farm producing and installing the finest BlueGrass and Fescue sod around the Kansas City Metropolitan area.
The Helt family began in the sod business in the 1960s with Ralph and Velma Helt (Sam’s parents). Helt’s Turf Farms was founded in 1971 by Sam and Sue Helt, starting with an 80-acre farm southwest of Harrisonville, Missouri. Today Helt’s Turf Farms is operated by three generations of the family at our Pleasant Hill location. As of 2020, the Helt family farms nearly 2000 acres of sod and grain products.